Fence-post.



PATENTED JUNE 12, 1906.

C. E. ROBINSON. FENCE POST. APPLIOATION FILED MAR. 2a, 1906.

Maw Q UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 12, 1906.

Application filed March 28,1906. Serial No- 308,560.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, CYRUS E. ROBINSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Goldenridge, in the county of Aroostook, State of Maine, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fence-Posts and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention has relation to fence-posts for wire and other fences; and it has for its object the provision of a fence-post that may be set upon the ground and stayed in upright position without the digging of a hole therefor, as is common with wire-fence posts.

. Other objects are had in view in connection with the invention, as will presently appear.

Theinvention consists of an angle-steel u right having an extensive base or foot he (1 down by hooked pins driven alongside of the extensions, with the hook engaging the same, and a second upright slipped onto slotted pins in the first-named upright, with the fencewires between the uprights, and the second upright keyed in place and holding the Wires by a wedge-shaped key driven home in the slots of the pins, all as will be fully described hereinafter and particularly pointed out in the subjoined claims.

Reference is to be had to the annexed drawings, and to the figures of reference marked thereon, forming a part of this specification, the same figures designating the same parts or features, as the case may be, Wherever they occur.

Of the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of the fence-post in use. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section through the post at one of the securing edges. Fig. 3 is an elevation of one of the hooked pins.

In carrying out my invention I provide a steel upright 5, T-shaped in cross-section by preference, which upright I provide with feet 6 or base-supports that are sufficiently extensive to enable the upright to stand alone that is, without digging a post-hole and setting it therein to maintain it in upright osition, as is common with fence-posts. rovide substantial hooked pins 7, which I d five into the ground alongside of branches of the feet 6, so that the hooks will take over said branches and so assist in maintaining the upright in position.

Projecting horizontally from the flat face of the upright are slotted pins 8, as many in number as may be required by a particular case ,which pins are adapted to extend through apertures 9, formed through a seconduprlght 10, that is adapted to be arranged in place against the flat side of the first-mentioned upright to form a complete post. Wires,

boards, or other means to form the fence are arranged in desired position between the two uprights, and a Wedge 11 or key, of steel or other material suited to the purpose, is then driven home outside the second upright, keying it in place almost as tight as would be necessary to make it one with the first-named upright, thus holding the fence elements tightly in place between the two uprights.

A fence thus constructed can be easily and quickly put up and taken down. The soil is not disturbed by post-holes, since the feet of the posts with the hooked pins will maintain the fence in upright position as long as may be desired. When it is desired to take the fence down, the wedges can be quite readily driven out and'the wire, boards, and other means taken away to be reused in any way.

As indicating how the fence may be made to meet various cases, it may be stated that for five strands of wire I may use five pins and for woven wire I may employ but three pins on an u Y right. For a low fence to protect against ogs passingfrom pasture to pasture three pins on each post will answer.

In some cases I may employ three extensions at the base of the angle-upright to form a foot thereto; but in ordinary cases two that are broad near the base of the upright and having narrow means farther therefrom, over Which the hooks of the pins may take, will answer.

Of course changes involving mere mechanical skill and varying only in the form and arrangement of parts may be allowed without departing from the nature or spirit of the 1nvention,

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is- 1. The combination, of an upright having extensions at its base, ins adapted to be driven in the ground an engage the said extensions to maintain the upright in vertical position and slotted pins extended from said upright, with a second upright having apertures through which said pins may pass, and keys to be driven in the said slots.

2., The combination, with an upright, pro- 1 In testimony whereof I affix my signature vided with laterally-projecting slotted pins, in presence of tWo Witnesses. and means to maintain the upright in vertical CYRUS E ROBINSON position, with a second upright having aper- 5 tures to receive the said pins therethrough Witnesses:

and keys to drive in said slots outside of the HALBERT P. GARDNER. second upright. IRTON G. FINOH. 

